pragmem

πρᾶγμα, ατος, τό,
Ionic dialect πρῆχμα Refs 5th c.BC+; also πρῆγμα Refs 5th c.BC+ perhaps wrote πρῆχμα, which is seeRefs 2nd c.AD+; compare πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from Refs 5th c.BC+: (πράσσω):— deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but frequently approaching to the abstract sense, Refs 6th c.BC+; opposed to λόγοι, Refs 5th c.BC+; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, Refs 4th c.BC+
II occurrence, matter, affair, πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., Refs
II.2 thing, concrete reality, ἆρ᾽ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ὄνομα, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ὀνόματα, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2.b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, i.e. the sophist, Refs 5th c.BC+; τούτῳ τῷ π., i.e. the demos, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 like{πρᾶξις}Refs 5th c.BC+ with infinitive, it is advantageous for me, εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν Refs: with a negative, εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι Refsinfinitive, οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, Refs; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, Refs
II.4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τιRefs; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, Refs 5th c.BC+; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4.b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, Refs 1st c.BC+ with genitive _of things_, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, Refs 1st c.AD+; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4.c μέγα π. a man of consequence, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.5 used of a battle, action, affair, ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον Refs 5th c.BC+
II.6 τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.7 fact, opposed to λόγος, ὄνομα, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.8 matter in hand, question, Refs 5th c.BC+
III in plural, πράγματα,
III.1 circumstances, affairs, τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ᾽ ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, Refs 5th c.BC+; the condition of a patient, τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. Refs 5th c.BC+; so also poetry, ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματο; Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 state-affairs, τὰ πολιτικὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔστ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, Refs 5th c.BC+; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, Refs 5th c.BC+; of government, καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, LXX+5th c.BC+; ἐν τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι Refs 1st c.AD+; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Latin triumvir reipublicae constituendae, Refs 1st c.BC+; κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. Refs 5th c.BC+innovations, Refs 5th c.BC+; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, Refs 5th c.BC+ alone, one's all, one's fortunes, ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. Refs 5th c.BC+; ={κτήματα}, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 business, especially lawbusiness, πρός τινα Refs 5th c.BC+ to have a bad case, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance, ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. Refs 5th c.BC+; πρήγματα ἔχειν, with participle, to have trouble about a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, cause one the trouble of doing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, Refs 5th c.BC+

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